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Pediatrics
Pediatrics: the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, and adolescents. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends people be under pediatric care up to the age of 21. The smaller body of an infant or neonate is substantially different physiologically from that of an adult. Congenital defects, genetic variance, and developmental issues are of greater concern to pediatricians than they often are to adult physicians.
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MAR 01, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
The microbes in our gastrointestinal tract carry their own genomes and can produce and secrete molecules that have an ef ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 26, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Complaints about a painful belly are a common childhood lament. In such situations, the first thing that often comes to ...Written By: Tara FernandesFEB 20, 2020Cardiology
Birth defects are not uncommon. For every 33 babies born in the United States each year, one is born with a defect. That ...Written By: Abbie ArceFEB 18, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
You can have too much of a good thing.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 28, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Because of a genetic mutation, people that have Duchenne muscular dystrophy lack functional copies of a protein called d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 21, 2020Cancer
New research from the University of Colorado Cancer Center has identified a way to make hematopoietic stem cells from a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 20, 2020Cancer
A study from MIT. Harvard and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has concluded that almost 50 existing non-oncological dru ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJAN 09, 2020Neuroscience
Children born with congenital heart disease (CHD) have a life expectancy comparable to that of the general population. H ...Written By: Annie LennonJAN 07, 2020Microbiology
Humans might have a critical dependence on the microbes in their guts, but it seems that not all animals do.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 06, 2020Genetics & Genomics
If it's suspected that a person has a genetic disease, doctors might send the patient's DNA for sequencing. But some seq ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 02, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are learning more about an unusual kind of DNA that's separate from a cell's genomic DNA.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 25, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Some genetic factors that contribute to ASD may involve mutations that are present only in a father's sperm.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 23, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Muscles have a supply of restorative stem cells called satellite cells, and now they have identified a new type.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 20, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
The life-threatening and treatment-resistant seizure disorder among children known as the ‘Dravet Syndrome’ ...Written By: Nouran AminDEC 14, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Cystic fibrosis is caused by a genetic mutation, but small changes other genes appear to influence the severity of the d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 11, 2019Clinical & Molecular DX
In trying to understand complex phenomena in the human body, researchers usually have to turn to oversimplified biologic ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 02, 2019Cannabis Sciences
An estimated 16 percent of women use marijuana on a daily basis while pregnant, and a large majority of women do so with ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 02, 2019Microbiology
Superbugs, which are pathogens that are resistant to the effects of antibiotics, are a rising threat to human health.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2019Microbiology
The largest measles outbreak in the world is now occurring in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Over 5,000 people have d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 26, 2019Microbiology
A flu drug, while still safe and effective, encourages flu viruses to mutate, especially in children.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 26, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Epigenetic diseases are still relatively rare, but when women use fertility treatments, the risk of epigenetic disease i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 23, 2019Cancer
Research suggests that lithium could play a role in minimizing the negative effects of radiation on the brain. The resea ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 23, 2019Cancer
Anal cancer has been on the rise in the United States, and while it may not garner as much attention as other cancers, m ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanNOV 15, 2019Microbiology
Probiotics, which are live microbes, are intended to improve human health, and they are sometimes given to intensive car ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAR 01, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
The microbes in our gastrointestinal tract carry their own genomes and can produce and secrete molecules that have an ef
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 26, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Complaints about a painful belly are a common childhood lament. In such situations, the first thing that often comes to
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
FEB 20, 2020
Cardiology
Birth defects are not uncommon. For every 33 babies born in the United States each year, one is born with a defect. That
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
FEB 18, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
You can have too much of a good thing.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 28, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Because of a genetic mutation, people that have Duchenne muscular dystrophy lack functional copies of a protein called d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 21, 2020
Cancer
New research from the University of Colorado Cancer Center has identified a way to make hematopoietic stem cells from a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 20, 2020
Cancer
A study from MIT. Harvard and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has concluded that almost 50 existing non-oncological dru
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JAN 09, 2020
Neuroscience
Children born with congenital heart disease (CHD) have a life expectancy comparable to that of the general population. H
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JAN 07, 2020
Microbiology
Humans might have a critical dependence on the microbes in their guts, but it seems that not all animals do.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 06, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
If it's suspected that a person has a genetic disease, doctors might send the patient's DNA for sequencing. But some seq
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 02, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists are learning more about an unusual kind of DNA that's separate from a cell's genomic DNA.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 25, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Some genetic factors that contribute to ASD may involve mutations that are present only in a father's sperm.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 23, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Muscles have a supply of restorative stem cells called satellite cells, and now they have identified a new type.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 20, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
The life-threatening and treatment-resistant seizure disorder among children known as the ‘Dravet Syndrome’
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
DEC 14, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Cystic fibrosis is caused by a genetic mutation, but small changes other genes appear to influence the severity of the d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 11, 2019
Clinical & Molecular DX
In trying to understand complex phenomena in the human body, researchers usually have to turn to oversimplified biologic
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 02, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
An estimated 16 percent of women use marijuana on a daily basis while pregnant, and a large majority of women do so with
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 02, 2019
Microbiology
Superbugs, which are pathogens that are resistant to the effects of antibiotics, are a rising threat to human health.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2019
Microbiology
The largest measles outbreak in the world is now occurring in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Over 5,000 people have d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 26, 2019
Microbiology
A flu drug, while still safe and effective, encourages flu viruses to mutate, especially in children.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 26, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Epigenetic diseases are still relatively rare, but when women use fertility treatments, the risk of epigenetic disease i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 23, 2019
Cancer
Research suggests that lithium could play a role in minimizing the negative effects of radiation on the brain. The resea
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 23, 2019
Cancer
Anal cancer has been on the rise in the United States, and while it may not garner as much attention as other cancers, m
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
NOV 15, 2019
Microbiology
Probiotics, which are live microbes, are intended to improve human health, and they are sometimes given to intensive car
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch